Find A Grave - Bergfriedhof Heidelberg

Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm b. March 31, 1811 d. August 16, 1899
Chemist. He is best known for the Bunsen Burner which is still used in labs today.
Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Domin, Hilde b. July 27, 1909 d. February 22, 2006
Author. She was born in Köln (Germany). She was forced to exile, when Hitler raised to power. She moved to Italy, England, United States, and finally, República Dominicana, where lived during 13 years. Among her works "Nur Eine Rose Als Stütze," "Rückkehr der Schiffe," "Hier," "Das Zweite Paradies," "Roman in Segmenten," "Ich Will Dich" and "Rufe Nicht." In 2005, she was awarded with the Orden al Mérito de Duarte for the government of the República Dominicana. She died in Heidelberg, Germany...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Ebert, Friedrich b. February 4, 1870 d. February 28, 1925
He was the first president of Germany after the dissolution of the monarchy. He served as president from 1919 until his death in 1925.
Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Furtwängler, Wilhelm b. January 25, 1886 d. November 30, 1954
German conductor. Son of a eminent archaeologist, he studied piano and composition at the Conservatory of Munich of Bavaria. His first attempts of composing music were not well received by the German public, and thus he decided to devote his studies only to orchestral conducting. During his long career Furtwangler has conducted the Philharmonic Orchestra of Munich of Bavaria, he held important roles in Lubeck, Mannheim, Frankfurt, Vienna and Leipzig, he was Director of the Salzburg Mozart...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Speer, Albert b. March 19, 1905 d. September 1, 1981
German Architect, Minister of Armaments and Production for Nazi Germany, 1942-1945. He was the only major Government minister of the Third Reich to plead guilty to the charge of war crimes during the Nuremberg Trials of 1945-46, for which he was given a 20-year sentence, instead of a death sentence. Born in Mannheim, Germany, he studied architecture in Karlsruhe and Munich, receiving his architectural license in 1927. In late 1930, he heard Hitler speak at a Berlin rally, and joined the Nazi...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Weber, Dr. Alfred b. July 30, 1868 d. May 2, 1958
German economist, sociologist and theoretician of culture. Born in Erfurt, Germany, Weber was initially an economist, then became a sociologist. Although schooled in then traditional European economics emphasizing historical analysis, Weber was among those reintroducing theory and causal models to the field. Best remembered in economics regional science and operations research, for early models of industrial location. His later work in sociology relfected his commitment to the "philosophy of...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Weber, Max b. April 21, 1864 d. June 14, 1920
German economist, sociologist and political scientist. Born Karl Emil Maximilian Weber in Erfurt, Germany, he believed that bureaucracy was the most important aspect of society and was the first to formalize the field of public administration. His best known work is "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" (1904), which was a major influence on economic and sociological theory. Considered to be the founder of modern sociology. Helped to draft the constitution for the Weimar Republic...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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